NEVIS | Nevis

NS4

1820 2nd December, folded lettersheet struck on reverse with mustard colour two line 'NEVIS / DEC 20 820' lightly struck (the millenium portion of the date not used at the time). Addressed to London and rated at '2/2', arrival backstamp dated 30th January 1821 partially over the Nevis strike. The NEVIS strike seen in use between 1815 and 1827. Vertical fold otherwise remarkably clean. Very scarce.

£225

NS5

1843 1st August, two page entire dated internally, and relates the economic plight of Nevis at the time and the threadbare existence of the writer, one Alexander MacKechnie. Addressed to his uncle in Glasgow of the same surname and entering the formal mail system at Bristol on the 31st August 1843 where it had a manuscript marking of '2d'. Further endorsed at left 'Missent to Cathcart' and finally reaching Glasgow on the 2nd September 1843, receiving three different backstamps for the same day. A fascinating early letter. Very scarce.

£300

NS6

1848 entire on reverse with broken double circle 'NEVIS OC 12 1848' lighly struck in red. Rated at 1/- on front with London arrival mark 'PAID / 8 NO 8 / 1848' on front. The Nevis strike recorded in use from 1844 to 1852. Minor faults, scarce.

£150

NS7

1857 29th June, large portion folded paper struck on reverse with black double arc 'NEVIS / JU 29 1857' strike, addressed to London. Rated at '6' with arrival backstamp dated 17th July. This Nevis strike recorded in use from 1844 to 1861, in black for unpaid letters and in red for prepaid.

£150

NS209

GB QV 6d (SG 70), cancelled clear 'A09' barred oval. Rounded corner lower right otherwise fine. SG Z4

£50

NS8

1859 (October), large piece bearing horizontal pair GB QV 6d's (SG 70), each cancelled clear 'A09' barred oval. Clear 'NEVIS OC 14 1859' datestamp upper left and red 'LONDON NO 1 59' below. Attractive. SG Z4

£350

NS9

1862 1d Nissen & Parker, plate proof in unissued colour blue-green. Of the 12 impressions struck on thick card. Wonderfully fresh and most attractive Scarce. SG 5 plate proof

£250

NS10

1862 4d Nissen & Parker, plate proof in unissued colour pale violet-grey. Of the 12 impressions struck on thick card. Wonderfully fresh and most attractive Scarce. SG 6 plate proof

£250

NS11

1862 6d Nissen & Parker, plate proof in unissued colour bright orange. Of the 12 impressions struck on thick card. Wonderfully fresh and most attractive Scarce. SG 7 plate proof

£250

NS12

1862 1/- Nissen & Parker, plate proof in unissued colour pale claret. Of the 12 impressions struck on thick card. Wonderfully fresh and most attractive Scarce. SG 8 plate proof

£250

NS17

1862 1d Nissen & Parker, colour trial in close to issued colour dull lake. Imperforate on thicker paper without watermarked, ungummed. SG 5 colour trial

£85

NS18

1862 4d Nissen & Parker, colour trial in un-issued colour deep orange. Imperforate on thicker un-watermarked paper, ungummed. Lovely. SG 8 colour trial

£90

NS13

1862 4d Nissen & Parker, colour trial in deep blue. Imperforate on thin watermarked paper, ungummed. Lovely. SG 6 colour trial

£90

NS14

1862 6d Nissen & Parker, colour trial in deep violet. Imperforate on thin watermarked paper, ungummed. Lovely. SG 7 colour trial

£90

NS28

1862 6d Nissen & Parker, plate proof / colour trial in deep violet. Strip of three being the upper row from the sheet of 12, imperforate on thin watermarked paper, ungummed. Lovely. SG 7 plate proof / colour trial

£275

NS29

1862 6d Nissen & Parker, colour trial in black. Imperforate on thicker un-watermarked paper, ungummed. Lovely. SG 7 colour trial

£90

NS15

1862 1/- Nissen & Parker, colour trial in green. Imperforate on thin watermarked paper, ungummed. Lovely. SG 8 colour trial

£90

NS16

1862 1/- Nissen & Parker, colour trial in deep green. Imperforate on thin watermarked paper, ungummed and crossed through diagonally in black ink. Lovely. SG 8 colour trial

£125

NS20

1862 1/-, plate proof prepared by Messrs A. Cowan & Sons. In issued colour green, imperforate on thin and 'extra superfine' watermarked paper. Block of six being the upper half of the sheet. Lovely. SG 8 plate proof

£300

NS19

1862 1d to 1/- Nissen & Parker, plate proofs of 1d in green, 4d in lilac, 6d in orange and 1/- in pale claret. Each on thick card, minor staining, ungummed. SG 5-8 plate proofs

£100

NS236

1931 set of four values plate proofs re-printed through the Royal Philatelic Society of London of the original Nissen and Parker plates. In black and struck on thin card, the 4d plate having already been defaced. 50 such sets produced and each numbered, this set '14' and with original printed envelope in which they were enclosed. Wonderfully fresh and a lovely group. Scarce.

£375

NS21

1862 1d dull lake Nissen & Parker, on greyish paper. Very fine mint for these. SG 5

£65

NS23

1862 1d dull lake Nissen & Parker, on blued paper. Some short / clipped perforations, fine mint. SG 5a

Note: the colour of the paper was influenced by the presence of prussite in varying degrees

£120

NS22

1862 1d dull lake Nissen & Parker, on blued paper. Very fine mint for these. SG 5a

Note: the colour of the paper was influenced by the presence of prussite in varying degrees

£175

NS35

1862 1d dull lake Nissen & Parker, on greyish paper. Complete reconstruction of the 12 positions. Positions 1 and 5 very fine for these, otherwise fair to good unused or mint. SG 5

£200

NS230

1862 4d rose Nissen & Parker, on greyish paper. Plated as position 4, very fine unused for these. SG 6

£45

NS36

1862 4d rose Nissen & Parker, on greyish paper. Plated as position 5, very fine mint for these. SG 6

£95

NS229

1862 4d rose Nissen & Parker, on greyish paper. Plated as position 6, very fine unused for these. SG 6

£45

NS228

1862 4d rose Nissen & Parker, on greyish paper. Plated as position 8, very fine unused for these. Exceptional. SG 6

£60

NS227

1862 4d rose Nissen & Parker, on greyish paper. Plated as position 11, fine used for these. SG 6

£35

NS24

1862 6d grey-lilac Nissen & Parker, on greyish paper. Very fine mint for these. SG 7

£130

NS231

1862 6d grey-lilac Nissen & Parker, on greyish paper. Plated as position 2, fine mint. SG 7

£80

NS31

1862 6d grey-lilac Nissen & Parker, on greyish paper. Left marginal, exceptionally fine mint for these. SG 7

£150

NS32

1862 6d grey-lilac Nissen & Parker, on greyish paper. Right marginal, exceptionally fine mint for these. SG 7

£150

NS25

1862 6d grey-lilac Nissen & Parker, on greyish paper. Fine used cancelled bold 'A09'. SG 7

£30

NS232

1862 6d grey-lilac Nissen & Parker, on greyish paper. Plated as position 12, fine used cancelled crisp 'A09'. SG 7

£40

NS34

1862 6d grey-lilac Nissen & Parker, on greyish paper. Vertical pair very fine used cancelled 'A09'. Uncommon multiple. SG 7

£90

NS33

1862 6d grey-lilac Nissen & Parker, on blued paper. Very fine used cancelled 'A09'. SG 7a

£150

NS26

1862 1/- green Nissen & Parker, greyish paper. Exceptionally fine mint for these. SG 8

£275

NS27

1862 1/- green Nissen & Parker, greyish paper. Few blunted perfs., fine used. SG 8

£45

NS41

1866 1d pale red, on white paper. Fine mint, part gum. SG 9

£35

NS52

1866 1d pale red, on white paper. Plated as position 4, part gum. SG 9

£35

NS53

1866 1d pale red, on white paper. Plated as position 7, fine mint. SG 9

£45

NS54

1866 1d pale red, on white paper. Plated as position 8, unused without gum. SG 9

£25

NS56

1866 1d pale red, on white paper. Plated as position 12, fair mint. SG 9

£25

NS42

1866 1d pale red, on white paper. Fine used cancelled bold 'A09'. SG 9

£35

NS55

1866 1d pale red, on white paper. Plated as position 11, very fine used cancelled crisp 'A09'. SG 9

£40

NS51

1866 1d deep red, on white paper. Plated as position 2, fine unused. SG 10

£25

NS43

1866 4d orange, on white paper. Very fine mint for these. SG 11

£110

NS45

1866 4d orange, on white paper. Very fine used cancelled light 'A09'. SG 11

£20

NS57

1866 4d orange, on white paper. Plated as position 3, very fine used cancelled light 'A09'. SG 11

£15

NS58

1866 4d orange, on white paper. Plated as position 4, very fine used cancelled light 'A09'. SG 11

£20

NS60

1866 4d orange, on white paper. Plated as position 7, very fine used cancelled light 'A09'. SG 11

£20

NS73

1869 12th October, pale orange cover bearing 4d orange, white paper (SG 11), cancelled and tied crisp 'A09' and on reverse 'NEVIS OC 12 69' sc datestamp, this the most unusual horizontally placed type with code letter 'A' above. Addressed to Philadelphia (Smith correspondence) and endorsed 'Per Steamer', and struck 'N.Y. STEAMSHIP / 10' alongside. Arrival backstamp dated 20th October. Horizontal fold towards base otherwise a lovely 'orange on orange' cover, RARE.

£650

NS44

1866 4d deep orange, on white paper. Large part gum fine mint for these. SG 12

£90

NS46

1866 4d deep orange, on white paper. Fine used cancelled bold 'A09". SG 12

£15

NS59

1866 4d deep orange, on white paper. Plated as position 6, fine used cancelled bold 'A09". SG 12

£15

NS61

1866 4d deep orange, on white paper. Plated as position 11, fine used cancelled bold 'A09". SG 12

£15

NS72

1875 10th August, cover bearing 4d deep orange, white paper (SG 12), cancelled and tied bold 'A09' plus at lower left 'NEVIS AU 10 75' sc datestamp, rated at '4'. Addressed to New York (Maynard correspondence) and and struck with 'NEW YORK / DUE 5 CTS.' cachet. Portion of reverse flap torn away and repaired upper left corner, otherwise a lovely and neat cover, RARE.

£525

NS49

1866 1/- blue-green, on white paper. Very fine mint for these. SG 13

£220

NS47

1866 1/- blue-green, on white paper. Very fine used cancelled bold 'A09'. SG 13

£30

NS212

1866 1/- blue-green, on white paper. Very fine used cancelled horizontally placed 'NEVIS AU 26 77' sc datestamp. Scarce strike. SG 13

£40

NS48

1876 1/- yellow-green, on white paper. Very fine mint for these. SG 14

£550

NS50

1876 1/- yellow-green, on white paper. Fine used cancelled 'A09'. SG 14

£70

NS40

1876 1/- yellow-green. Very fine used cancelled 'A09'. SG 14

£75

NS62

1876 1/- yellow-green, on white paper. Plated as position 1, very fine used cancelled light 'A09'. SG 14

£75

NS63

1876 1/- yellow-green, on white paper. Plated as position 4, very fine used cancelled neat 'A09'. SG 14

£85

NS64

1876 1/- yellow-green, on white paper. Plated as position 6, fine used cancelled bold 'A09'. SG 14

£65

NS65

1876 1/- yellow-green, on white paper. Plated as position 7, very fine used cancelled neat 'A09'. SG 14

£80

NS66

1876 1/- yellow-green, on white paper. Plated as position 8, fine used cancelled neat 'A09'. SG 14

£65

NS68

1876 1/- yellow-green, on white paper. Plated as position 10, very fine used cancelled light 'A09'. SG 14

£80

NS69

1876 1/- yellow-green, on white paper. Plated as position 11, fine used cancelled light 'A09'. SG 14

£60

NS70

1876 1/- yellow-green, on white paper. Plated as position 12, fine used cancelled light 'A09'. SG 14

£60

NS38

1876 1/- yellow-green, on vertically laid paper. Very fine used, lovely strong colour and light 'A09' cancel. RARE. Ex. Lars Amundsen. R.P.S. certificate (1964) 'that it is genuine'. SG 14a

Note: it is thought that only four sheets of 12 stamps were printed on this paper

£4,500

NS39

1876 1/- yellow-green, on vertically laid paper. Short perf. at right, pen cancelled fine used. RARE. Friedl certificate (New York, 1958) 'genuine in every respect.' SG 14a

Note: it is thought that only four sheets of 12 stamps were printed on this paper

£1,500

NS74

1876 1/- yellow-green Nissen & Parker. Lower right corner block of four, upper right stamp position 9 showing crossed lines on hill flaw. Superb fresh mint, hinged on upper pair lower unmounted. A wonderful multiple and RARE. R.P.S. certificate (1960). SG 14, 14b

£5,500

NS67

1876 1/- yellow-green, on white paper. Position 9 showing crossed lines on hill flaw, very fine used cancelled light 'A09' leaving flaw clear. SG 14b

£325

NS75

1876 1d pale rose-red, lithographed. Very fine mint. SG 15

£25

NS83

1876 1d pale rose-red, lithographed. Position 1 showing large dot left of 'NEVIS', very fine mint. SG 15 var.

£35

NS84

1876 1d pale rose-red, lithographed. Position 1 showing heavy retouch to hills above kneeling figure. Part gum fine mint. SG 15 var.

£85

NS85

1876 1d pale rose-red, lithographed. Position 1 showing retouch to hills above kneeling figure later state. Without gum. SG 15 var.

£45

NS86

1876 1d pale rose-red, lithographed. Position 9 showing retouch to top right star. Part gum fair mint. SG 15 var.

£50

NS89

1876 1d rose-red shades, lithographed. Complete reconstruction of the 12 positions, position 12 showing extensive reentries to 'NEVIS' tablet. Some faults but generally fine appearance. SG 15 group

£175

NS88

1876 1d pale lake shades, lithographed. Complete reconstruction of the 12 positions. Some faults but generally fine appearance. SG 15 group

£175

NS93

1876 1d pale rose-red, lithographed. Block of nine being the lower three rows of the sheet with margins on three sides, primary transfer B. Showing flaws position 9 line between 'E' and 'V' and large dot between 'I' and 'S', position 12 double ring at base of standing figure's skirt. Marginal fault upper left, stamps very fine and fresh with some hinge strengthening. SG 15 and vars.

£275

NS91

1876 1d pale rose-red, lithographed. Large part sheet of 10 lacking upper right stamps, primary transfer D, sub transfer 8. Position 5 showing portion of printing missing in right margin although not constant and the result of a temporary intrusion. Remarkably fresh and unmounted. SG 15 and var.

£275

NS92

1876 1d pale rose-red, lithographed. Complete sheet of 12 lacking margins, primary transfer A. Showing numerous flaws including position 1 heavy retouch above figures, position 3 retouched top right star (uncleared version), position 9 line between 'E' and 'V' and large dot between 'I' and 'S' and position 12 double ring at base of standing figure's skirt. Some hinge remnants otherwise very fine and fresh. Lovely. SG 15 and vars.

£400

NS96

1876 1d pale rose-red, lithographed. Complete sheet of 12, sub transfer 14. Position 1 showing retouch to the mountain above kneeling figure, position 3 retouch to top right star, position 9 line between 'E' and 'V' and 'I' and 'S' and position 12 double ring at base of standing figure's skirt. Some minor marginal damage upper right otherwise remarkably fine and fresh unmounted. RARE in this condition. SG 15 and vars.

£550

NS90

1876 1d pale rose-red, lithographed. Complete sheet of 12, primary transfer D, sub transfer 4. Position 12 showing retouch to latticework at right. Upper left stamp with some surface damage at top, marginal hinge strengthening otherwise very fine and fresh. SG 15 and var.

£300

NS76

1876 1d deep rose-red, lithographed. Fine mint. SG 16

£25

NS94

1876 1d deep rose-red, lithographed. Complete sheet of 12, primary transfer D, sub transfer number 3. Position 12 showing retouch to latticework at right. Creased upper left and hinge strengthened throughout. Attractive and uncommon. SG 16

£275

NS95

1876 1d deep rose-red, lithographed. Sheet of 12 lacking upper and lower margins, primary transfer D, sub transfer 11. Position 12 showing retouch to latticework at right. Lower left stamps some faults otherwise very fine unmounted. SG 16

£250

NS78

1876 1d vermilion-red, lithographed. Upper marginal, very fine mint. SG 17

£35

NS224

1876 1d vermilion-red, lithographed. Plated as position 1, showing wide imperforate margins at left and right. Thinned and without gum. SG 17 var.

£40

NS225

1876 1d vermilion-red, lithographed. Plated as position 6, superb fresh mint. Exceptional. SG 17

£40

NS226

1876 1d vermilion-red, lithographed. Plated as position 11, superb fresh mint. Exceptional. SG 17

£40

NS98

1876 1d vermilion-red, lithographed. Complete sheet of 12 lacking top margin and right margins, primary transfer D, sub transfer 19. A little splitting at base and hinge strengthening elsewhere, otherwise fine and fresh. SG 17 and var.

£300

NS97

1876 1d vermilion-red, lithographed. Complete sheet of 12 lacking top margin and lower right corner margin, primary transfer A, sub transfer 18. Position 12 showing H flaw on standing figure's dress. Some mostly marginal hinge strengthening otherwise fine and fresh. SG 17 and var.

£300

NS150

1876 1d vermilion-red, lithographed. Vertically bisected (left half) used alongside two QV 1d's (SG 26), on piece cancelled light 'A09' strikes. B.P.A. certificate (1946) 'genuine, but the piece has been made by a postal official for a collector'. SG 17a piece

£120

NS151

1876 1d vermilion-red, lithographed. Vertically bisected (left half) used alongside two QV 1d's (SG 26), on piece cancelled light 'A09' strikes, 'NEVIS MR 23 83' sc datestamp lower left and 'DOMINICA MR 27 83' arrival strike above. SG 17a piece

£275

NS79

1878 4d orange-yellow, lithographed. Lower right corner pair lacking portion of corner margin, superb fresh mint. Exceptional. SG 18

£325

NS99

1878 4d orange-yellow, complete sheet of 12, lacking right margin. Minor soiling upper left otherwise very fine and fresh mint, few hinge strengthening at right otherwise unmounted. Lovely and very scarce. SG 18

£1,650

NS100

1876 4d orange-yellow, major variety IMPERFORATE BETWEEN, vertical strip of three. Perforated at top only and showing portion of stamp at base, plated as positions 2, 5, 8 and part of 11. Large part gum, fresh and very fine. A RARITY. SG 18a var.

Note: apparently two sheets showing this variety are known, and as yet no explanation has been found as to why they were split as they were, some with two complete stamps plus part of a third or alternatively three complete stamps with portion of a fourth

£8,000

NS101

1881 11th March, cover bearing 4d orange-yellow Nissen and Parker lithograph (SG 18), cancelled and tied by bold 'A09' and lower left 'NEVIS MR 11 81' sc datestamp, and rated '2' in red. Addressed to New York (Maynard correspondence), New York arrival backstamp dated 30th March. Some cover faults including portion of reverse flap torn away. Neat and attractive, RARE.

£600

NS210

1878 4d orange-yellow, lithographed. Superb used cancelled light 'A09'. SG 18

£38

NS211

1878 4d orange-yellow, lithographed. Superb used cancelled light 'A09'. SG 18

£38

NS80

1878 6d grey, lithographed. Fine mint. SG 19

£125

NS81

1878 1/- pale green, lithographed. Very fine mint. SG 20

£75

NS82

1878 1/- pale green, lithographed. Horizontal pair, large part gum fine mint. SG 20

£110

NS108

1878 1/- pale green, complete sheet of 12. Position 9 showing crossed lines on hill flaw. Sheet severed horizontally and hinge re-joined, hinge remnants in margins otherwise fine. Attractive and uncommon. SG 20, 20c

£850

NS87

1878 1/- pale green, position 9 showing crossed lines on hill flaw. Gum faults fair mint. SG 20c

£90

NS102

1878 1/- pale green, position 9 showing crossed lines on hill flaw. Very fine mint. SG 20c

£200

NS104

1878 1/- pale green, position 9 showing crossed lines on hill flaw. Very fine mint. SG 20c

£225

NS103

1878 1/- pale green, horizontal pair positions 8-9, 9 showing crossed lines on hill flaw. Very fine mint. SG 20, 20c

£300

NS105

1876 1/- deep green, block of four positions 8-9 / 11-12, 9 showing trace of the crossed lines on hill flaw. Very fine mint. Uncommon multiple. SG 21

£375

NS106

1876 1/- deep green, lower right corner block of four positions 8-9 / 11-12, 9 showing trace of the crossed lines on hill flaw. Hinge strengthened, very fine fresh mint. Uncommon multiple. SG 21

£425

NS107

1876 1/- deep green, complete sheet of 12, 9 showing very little trace of the crossed lines on hill flaw. Typical streaky brown brown gum, hinged mostly on margins. Fresh and most attractive. Very scarce. SG 21

£1,200

NS205

1876 1/- deep green, position 9 showing fair impression of the crossed lines on hill flaw. Large part o.g. Uncommon. SG towards 21c

Note: this flaw was retouched for the new 1876 deep green printing, although not very successfully. It gradually reappeared towards the end of the print run. Very few 'full' examples of it are known

£275

NS77

1878 1d vermilion-red, perf. 11�, lithographed. Fine mint. SG 22

£40

NS109

1878 1d vermilion-red, perf. 11�. Complete sheetlet of 12 lacking top margin. Taken from transfer 20 and a sharp impression. Typical streaky gum, hinged on two stamps and margin otherwise unmounted. Lovely. SG 22

£550

NS110

1878 1d vermilion-red. perf. 11�. Major variety IMPERFORATE. Upper left corner single. Typical streaky gum, fine mint. SG 22b (part)

£150

NS111

1878 1d vermilion-red. perf. 11�. Major variety IMPERFORATE. Lower right corner pair. Typical streaky gum, very fine mint. SG 22b

£650

NS119

1880 QV 1d lilac-mauve, wmk. Crown CC. Very fine fresh mint. SG 23

£65

NS213

1880 QV 1d lilac-mauve, wmk. Crown CC. Very fine used cancelled light 'A09'. SG 23

£40

NS120

1880 QV 2�d red-brown, wmk. Crown CC. Fine mint. SG 24

£75

NS135

1883 QV �d dull green. Imperforate IMPRIMATUR. On thin paper watermark Crown CA. Very fine without gum. RARE. B.P.A. certificate (2001) 'genuine'. SG 25 imprimatur

£550

NS206

1883 QV �d dull green, wmk. Crown CA. Two examples dull green shade from plate 1 and bluer dull green from plate 2. Very fine mint. SG 25

£20

NS136

1883 QV �d dull green, wmk. Crown CA. Upper left corner block of six showing plate '2' in margin. Hinged on margin stamps fine to very fine unmounted. SG 25

£80

NS216

1883 QV �d dull green, wmk. Crown CA. Fine used cancelled Crowed 'PAID AT NEVIS. Scarce. SG 25

£45

NS217

1883 QV �d dull green, wmk. Crown CA. Fine used cancelled Crowed 'PAID AT NEVIS. Scarce. SG 25

£45

NS121

1882 QV 1d lilac-mauve, wmk. Crown CA. Dealer handstamp on reverse, very fine fresh mint. SG 26

£85

NS152

1882 QV 1d lilac-mauve, wmk. Crown CA. Horizontal pair right stamp vertically bisected, another single alongside, on piece cancelled with FORGED 'A09' strikes. P.F.S.A. certificate confirming forger cancel and 'piece made for the collector'. SG 26a piece forged cancels

£80

NS154

1882 QV 1d lilac-mauve, wmk. Crown CA. Vertical pair all bisected vertically, on piece cancelled with FORGED 'A09' strikes. P.F.S.A. certificate (2002) confirming forged cancel and 'piece made for the collector'. SG 26a piece forged cancels

£75

NS153

1882 QV 1d lilac-mauve, wmk. Crown CA. Horizontal strip of three left stamp diagonally bisected, on piece cancelled with FORGED 'A09' strikes. P.F.S.A. certificate (2002) confirming forged cancel 'piece made for the collector'. SG 26a piece forged cancels

£75

NS148

1883 4th June, cover bearing QV 1d lilac mauve vertically bisected left half (SG 26a), cancelled and tied 'A09' with 'NEVIS JU 4 83' sc datestamp lower left. Addressed to Dominica and endorsed at top 'Book Post' and below 'Per Steamer', arrival strike on front dated 8th June. Neat and attractive.

£425

NS149

1883 7th November, cover bearing QV 1d lilac mauve vertically bisected right half (SG 26a), cancelled and tied 'A09' with 'NEVIS NO 7' sc datestamp lower left. Addressed to St. Kitts and endorsed at lower left 'Book Post', arrival strike on front dated 10th November. Neat and attractive. R.P.S. certificate (1984) 'genuine'.

£425

NS137

1883 QV 1d dull rose, wmk. Crown CA. Block of 12 being the lower two rows of the sheet, showing plate '1' twice in lower margin. Stamp 2/5 of the block showing damaged 'I' of 'NEVIS' (position 10/5). Very fine mint or unmounted. A very scarce multiple. SG 27 and var.

£400

NS215

1883 QV 1d dull rose, wmk. Crown CA. Fine used cancelled part 'A09' in addition date 23 / 12 / 86' in ink. Unusual. SG 27

£25

NS218

1883 QV 1d dull rose, wmk. Crown CA. Fine used cancelled Crowed 'PAID AT NEVIS. Scarce. SG 27

£50

NS219

1883 QV 1d dull rose, wmk. Crown CA. Fine used cancelled Crowed 'PAID AT NEVIS. Scarce. SG 27

£50

NS122

1884 QV 1d carmine, wmk. Crown CA. Very fine fresh mint. SG 27a

£12

NS138

1884 QV 1d carmine, wmk. Crown CA. Lower right corner block of six showing plate '2' in margin. Stamp 2/2 of the block showing damaged 'I' of 'NEVIS' (position 10/5). Very fine fresh mint or unmounted. Uncommon. SG 27a and var.

£150

NS123

1882 QV 2�d red-brown, wmk. Crown CA. Very fine mint. SG 28

£85

NS124

1882 QV 2�d ultramarine, wmk. Crown CA. Very fine mint. SG 29

£15

NS125

1882 QV 4d blue, wmk. Crown CA. Very fine fresh mint. Exceptional. SG 30

£300

NS214

1882 QV 4d blue, wmk. Crown CA. Very fine used cancelled 'A09'. SG 30

£40

NS126

1884 QV 4d grey, wmk. Crown CA. Very fine mint. SG 31

£15

NS207

1884 QV 4d grey, wmk. Crown CA. Upper marginal block of four showing plate '2' in margin. Hinged on one stamp otherwise very fine unmounted. SG 31

£100

NS133

1884 QV 4d grey, wmk. Crown CA. Position 3/3 plate 2 showing Top left corner detached flaw. Very fine mint. Very scarce. SG 31a

£550

NS127

1883 QV 6d green, wmk. Crown CA. Very fine fresh mint. Scarce. SG 32

£350

NS140

1888 QV 6d chestnut, wmk. Crown CA. Overprinted 'SPECIMEN'. Superb and fresh unmounted. SG 33s

£75

NS139

1888 QV 6d chestnut, wmk. Crown CA. Overprinted 'SPECIMEN', on piece and endorsed at top 'Oct. 1888'. Ex. the De La Rue archive. RARE. P.F.S.A. certificate (1996) 'genuine'. SG 33s

£275

NS128

1888 QV 6d chestnut, wmk. Crown CA. Very fine fresh mint. SG 33

£20

NS141

1888 QV 6d chestnut, wmk. Crown CA. Upper left corner horizontal strip of four, showing plate '2' in margin. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 33

£140

NS134

1888 QV 6d chestnut, wmk. Crown CA. Position 3/3 plate 2 showing Top left corner detached flaw. Stain upper right corner just showing through to face, fine mint. Very scarce. SG 33a

£350

NS143

1890 QV 1/- pale violet, wmk. Crown CA. Overprinted 'SPECIMEN'. Very fine fresh unmounted. SG 34s

£75

NS142

1890 QV 1/- pale violet, wmk. Crown CA. Overprinted 'SPECIMEN', on piece and endorsed at top 'Feb.. 1890' and below '1/- Rev ovpt. plate used'. Ex. the De La Rue archive. RARE. P.F.S.A. certificate (1996) 'genuine'. SG 34s

£350

NS129

1890 QV 1/- pale violet, wmk. Crown CA. Very fine fresh mint. SG 34

£80

NS144

1890 QV 1/- pale violet, wmk. Crown CA. Upper marginal showing plate '2' in margin. Very fine fresh mint. SG 34

£110

NS131

1890 QV 1/- pale violet, wmk. Crown CA. Block of four, very fine fresh mint. Uncommon. SG 34

£375

NS132

1890 QV 1/- pale violet, wmk. Crown CA. Lower marginal block of four, very fine fresh mint or unmounted. Uncommon. SG 34

£400

NS157

1883 QV 1d vertically bisected and surcharged 'NEVIS �d.' in violet. Reading up, left half used on piece cancelled 'A09'. SG 35

£40

NS158

1883 QV 1d vertically bisected and surcharged 'NEVIS �d.' in violet. Reading up, right half used on piece cancelled part 'A09' at top. SG 35

£45

NS159

1883 QV 1d vertically bisected and surcharged 'NEVIS �d.' in violet. Reading down, left half used on piece cancelled 'A09'. SG 35

£45

NS160

1883 QV 1d vertically bisected and surcharged 'NEVIS �d.' in violet. Reading down, right half used on piece cancelled 'A09'. SG 35

£45

NS162

1883 QV 1d vertically bisected and surcharged 'NEVIS �d.' in violet. Reading down, pair being both the left and right halves, very fine used on piece cancelled 'A09'. B.P.A. certificate (1962) 'is genuine'. Uncommon. SG 35

£90

NS161

1883 QV 1d vertically bisected and surcharged 'NEVIS �d.' in violet. Reading down, major variety SURCHARGE DOUBLE, left half very fine used cancelled part 'A09". SG 35a

£225

NS163

1883 QV 1d vertically bisected and surcharged 'NEVIS �d.' in black. Reading up, left half used on piece cancelled 'A09'. SG 36

£40

NS164

1883 QV 1d vertically bisected and surcharged 'NEVIS �d.' in black. Reading up, right half very fine used. SG 36

£40

NS168

1883 QV 1d vertically bisected and surcharged 'NEVIS �d.' in black. Reading up, vertical pair right halves very fine used on large piece cancelled 'A09' and crisp 'NEVIS SP 10 83' datestamp alongside, early useage as only issued on the 4th September. SG 36

£90

NS167

1883 QV 1d vertically bisected and surcharged 'NEVIS �d.' in black. Reading up, vertical pair right halves lower stamp major variety SURCHARGE DOUBLE. On piece very fine used cancelled 'A09'. B.P.A. certificate (1993) 'is genuine, top stamp creased'. SG 36a

£275

NS165

1883 QV 1d vertically bisected and surcharged 'NEVIS �d.' in black. Reading down, right half fine used. SG 36

£35

NS166

1883 QV 1d vertically bisected and surcharged 'NEVIS �d.' in black. Reading down, right half used on piece cancelled 'A09'. SG 36

£35

NS155

1883 14th September, QV 1d vertically bisected and surcharged 'NEVIS �d.' in black. Vertical pair right halves reading down plus single left half reading up, on piece cancelled 'A09', 'NEVIS SP 14 83' sc strike lower left, addressed to Antigua. Apparently the piece with two further examples removed, this would be correct in reflecting the inter island rate to Antigua of 2�d. SG 36

£145

NS156

1883 7th December, cover bearing vertically bisected and surcharged 'NEVIS �d in black (SG 36). Two pairs and two singles plus 1d (SG 26), cancelled 'A09' and 'NEVIS DE 7 83' sc datestamp lower left. Addressed to England. Very scarce. B.P.A. certificate (2005) 'is genuine, a little faded and stained'.

£575

NS185

1882 1d rose overprinted 'Revenue'. Part gum, light stain at right. SG F2

£45

NS184

1882 1d rose overprinted 'Revenue'. Pen cancelled, fine. SG F2

£30

NS186

1882 4d orange overprinted 'Revenue'. Fine unused. SG F3

£55

NS187

1882 6d grey overprinted 'Revenue'. Pen cancelled, very fine for these. SG F4

£110

NS188

1882 1/- green, overprinted 'Revenue'. Position 9 showing crossed lines on hill flaw. Very fine used cancelled in ink '6 / 11 / 80'. RARE. SG F5a

£500

NS181

c1880 1d pale rose red (SG 15) handstamped 'Revenue' at Charlestown. Without gum. SG unlisted (see footnote).

£65

NS182

c1880 1d pale rose red (SG 15) handstamped 'Revenue' at Charlestown. Without gum. SG unlisted (see footnote).

£65

NS183

c1880 1d pale rose red (SG 15) handstamped 'Revenue' at Charlestown, showing a double impression. Without gum and thinned lower right corner. SG unlisted (see footnote).

£75

NS180

c1880 1d pale rose red (SG 15) handstamped 'Revenue' at Charlestown, with stop and considerably off-centre such that 'nue' now appears at left. Backing paper on reverse. SG unlisted (see footnote).

£75

NS169

1882 QV 1d lilac-mauve, wmk. Crown CC, overprinted 'REVENUE'. Very fine used cancelled in ink '29 / 12 / 82'. RARE, unlisted by SG on this watermark.

£225

NS171

1882 QV 1d lilac mauve, wmk. Crown CA, overprinted 'REVENUE'. Left marginal horizontal pair. Very fine mint. SG F6

£100

NS170

1882 QV 1d lilac mauve, wmk. Crown CA, overprinted 'REVENUE'. Very fine used pen cancelled. SG F6

£35

NS174

1882 QV 1d lilac-mauve, overprinted 'REVENUE', vertically bisected together with pair QV 1d's on piece. Cancelled 'A09', PFSA certificate (2002) stating 'piece made for collector, forged cancel'. Unusual.

£40

NS172

1882 QV 4d blue, wmk. Crown CA, overprinted 'REVENUE'. Lower left corner pair showing plate '1' in margin. Slightly toned on reverse, fine mint. SGF7

£75

NS173

1882 QV 6d green, wmk. Crown CA, overprinted 'REVENUE'. Upper left corner pair showing plate '1' in margin. Slightly toned on reverse, fine unmounted. SGF8

£55

NS176

1882 QV 6d green, wmk. Crown CA, overprinted 'REVENUE'. Upper left corner block of five showing plate '1' in margin. Hinged on margin stamps superb and fresh unmounted. SGF8

£180

NS177

1882 QV 6d green, wmk. Crown CA, overprinted 'REVENUE'. Block of 18 being the lower three rows of the sheet, showing plate '1' twice in margin. Very fine or superb unmounted. Lovely and most attractive. SGF8

£525

NS175

1882 QV 6d green, wmk. Crown CA, overprinted 'REVENUE'. Struck with centrally placed FORGED 'A09' barred oval. P.F.S.A. certificate (2002) confirming forged cancel. SGF8 forged cancel

£80

NS189

1879 QV 'PENNY HALFPENNY' Postal Stationery card, De La Rue die proof of the stamp impression. Struck in black on thick card and dated 'Sep 1 1897' upper left. Further endorsed below 'P C' (Post Card). RARE

£525

NS190

1879 1d Postal Stationery card, first type. Very fine unused.

£25

NS193

1886 1d Postal Stationery card, second type. Very fine unused.

£25

NS194

1886 1d Postal Stationery card, second type. A coarser impression in a deep shade, possibly a second printing. Very fine unused.

£25

NS196

1886 1d Postal Stationery reply card. Very fine unused.

Note: for inter-island use, there were 2164 of these cards printed, of which 1030 were remaindered

£25

NS195

1886 1d Postal Stationery reply card. Overprinted 'SPECIMEN', a little browned otherwise fine.

£45

NS198

1887 1�d Postal Stationery card, redesigned stamp impression. Very fine unused.

Note: there were 2020 of these cards printed, of which 985 were remaindered

£25

NS197

1887 1�d Postal Stationery card, redesigned stamp impression. Overprinted 'SPECIMEN', very fine.

£50

NS200

1887 1�d Postal Stationery reply card, redesigned stamp impression. Very fine unused.

£25

NS201

1890 22nd May, 1�d Postal Stationery reply card, redesigned stamp impression. Cancelled 'A09' barred oval plus 'NEVIS MY 22 90' sc strike lower left. Addressed to Dusseldorf, Germany. Uncommon.

£75

NS199

1887 1�d Postal Stationery reply card, redesigned stamp impression. Overprinted 'SPECIMEN', very fine.

£50

NS204

1890 1d Postal Stationery card. Very fine unused.

Note: for external use, there were 2000 of these cards printed shortly prior to the pre Leeward Island period and resulting in few surviving

£60

NS203

1890 1d Postal Stationery card. Overprinted 'SPECIMEN', very fine.

£50

NS118

FORGERIES Attributed to Spiro: 1d x four plus lower right corner block of five, 4d x four, 6d x two and 1/- x two, towards issued colours, all cancelled. Attractive group.

£55

NS115

FORGERIES Attributed to Fournier: piece cut from 'Album de Facsimiles' with 6d perforated in purple cancelled 'A03', pair 6d uncancelled imperforate in purple and a strike of the 'A09'.

£20

NS116

FORGERIES Attributed to Fournier: 6d in purple imperforate and grey perforated, the latter cancelled. Given the rather poor quality of the originals, the used example is quite convincing.

£15

NS117

FORGERIES Attributed to Fournier: 1/- unused in green both marginal, both handstamped 'FAUX' .

£15

NS235

POSTCARDS Three unused black and white images associated with the marriage of Captain Horatio Nelson to Frances Herbert Nisbet on March 11th, 1787. This took place at St. John Church, Figtree.

£20

NS233

MAP c1820 coloured map of 'NEVIS' (223mm x 275mm) published by F. Lucas Jr., Baltimore. A most attractive album size image.

£45

NS234

MAP c1890 coloured map of St. Christopher and Nevis (146mm x 214mm) printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited. Attractive album sized image.

£20

NS220

NEVIS REVENUE FOR ST. CHRISTOPHER QV 1d, 6d x two and 1/- overprinted 'REVENUE', further hanstamped in violet 'Saint / Christopher'. The first 6d green wmk. Crown CC which is not known as a regular issue and presumably printed specifically from new transfers for the 'REVENUE' overprints. Pen cancelled or unused. Uncommon group.

£120

NS221

NEVIS REVENUE FOR ST. CHRISTOPHER QV 1d, 6d and 1/- overprinted 'REVENUE', further hanstamped in violet 'Saint Chris / topher'. Pen cancelled. Uncommon group.

£60

NS223

NEVIS REVENUE FOR ST. CHRISTOPHER QV 1d x three, 4d and 1/- x two overprinted 'REVENUE', further overprinted in black 'Saint / Christopher'. the 4d and one 1/- mint, others pen cancelled. Uncommon group.

£150